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Mac OS X 10.6.3 Update Now Available

Check your Software Update folks. Expect a detailed post later today.

Changelog:

The 10.6.3 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac, including fixes that:

- improve the reliability and compatibility of QuickTime X

- address compatibility issues with OpenGL-based applications

- address an issue that causes background message colors to display incorrectly in Mail

- resolve an issue that prevented files with the # or & characters in their names from opening in Rosetta applications

- resolve an issue that prevented files from copying to Windows file servers

- improve performance of Logic Pro 9 and Main Stage 2 when running in 64-bit mode

- improve sleep and wake reliability when using Bonjour wake on demand

- address a color issue in iMovie with HD content

- improve printing reliability

- resolve issues with recurring events in iCal when connected to an Exchange server

- improve the reliability of 3rd party USB input devices

- fix glowing, stuck, or dark pixels when viewing video from the iMac (Late 2009) built-in iSight camera

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